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24 King Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter from the City of David—the old sector of Jerusalem—to the new quarters he had built for her in the palace. Then he built Fort Millo.

25 After the Temple was completed, Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings three times a year on the altar he had built. And he also burned incense upon it.

26 King Solomon had a shipyard in Ezion-geber near Eloth on the Red Sea in the land of Edom, where he built a fleet of ships.

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24 After Pharaoh’s daughter(A) had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the terraces.(B)

25 Three(C) times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.

26 King Solomon also built ships(D) at Ezion Geber,(E) which is near Elath(F) in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:26 Or the Sea of Reeds